Recent EQ's

Latest Earthquakes Magnitude 5.0 and Greater in the World - Last 7 days

Update time = Tue Jul 8 15:51:12 UTC 2008

MAP 6.0 2008/07/08 09:13:02 -15.961 -71.683 74.3 SOUTHERN PERU
MAP 6.2 2008/07/08 07:42:12 27.523 128.389 48.7 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
MAP 5.0 2008/07/08 01:41:56 15.381 122.501 35.0 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.4 2008/07/07 22:43:51 51.916 -177.064 66.5 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.2 2008/07/07 21:39:26 -58.047 -22.155 10.0 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.0 2008/07/07 09:58:53 10.674 91.643 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP 5.0 2008/07/07 04:44:55 -16.441 -174.070 110.9 TONGA
MAP 5.0 2008/07/07 02:50:37 26.044 95.403 72.5 MYANMAR-INDIA BORDER REGION
MAP 5.0 2008/07/06 17:05:21 27.878 142.381 59.1 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 5.1 2008/07/06 12:46:56 15.235 122.458 26.6 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.4 2008/07/06 12:01:32 15.300 122.423 26.9 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.7 2008/07/06 09:08:24 45.478 150.912 35.0 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.5 2008/07/06 04:30:26 -25.294 -176.313 35.0 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
MAP 5.6 2008/07/06 01:00:09 45.414 151.025 21.0 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 2008/07/05 12:56:16 51.715 179.502 87.5 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 5.1 2008/07/05 07:49:04 36.683 140.737 50.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.0 2008/07/05 02:30:56 54.031 153.885 486.0 SEA OF OKHOTSK
MAP 7.7 2008/07/05 02:12:05 53.892 152.884 633.3 SEA OF OKHOTSK
MAP 5.0 2008/07/04 04:55:05 75.443 133.771 10.0 LAPTEV SEA
MAP 5.1 2008/07/03 23:10:04 35.627 58.670 23.6 NORTHEASTERN IRAN
MAP 5.8 2008/07/03 06:34:55 10.320 -60.481 45.4 TRINIDAD REGION, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
MAP 6.2 2008/07/03 03:02:37 -23.320 -179.830 568.4 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

Seems Japan area is getting warmed up doesn't it? Like they're getting squeezed in from the north and south?

And this is said to not be the last that they see in Japan... seems that so far no major population centers have been hit worldwide.... is that luck or what? And how much longer will that 'luck' hold out?
fair use http://www.bloomberg.com/

Quake Off East Coast of Japan Shakes Tokyo Buildings (Update2)

By Stuart Biggs

July 19 (Bloomberg) -- A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck off Japan's eastern coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site. There were no reports of injuries or damage, public broadcaster NHK said.

The quake struck at 11:39 a.m. Japan time, 125 kilometers (75 miles) east-northeast of Iwaki, a city 180 kilometers north of Tokyo, at a depth of 27 kilometers, the USGS said.

Japan's weather agency issued a tsunami alert for coastal areas, warning of waves of up to 50 centimeters (20 inches) from the quake, which shook buildings in central Tokyo. The agency removed the warning at 1:20 p.m. local time.

Coastal areas of Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures were hit by waves of up to 20 centimeters about one hour after the earthquake hit, NHK reported.

Japan, which experiences about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes annually, lies in a zone where the Eurasian, Pacific, Philippine and North American tectonic plates meet and occasionally shift, causing quakes.

Twelve people died and 10 remain missing after a 6.8- magnitude earthquake in the north of Japan last month, according to the government's Fire and Disaster Management Agency

Click to expand...